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Dicta License is a Filipino rock band formed in December 1999, whose music is a fusion of Rock music, Rapping, and grunge. The band consists of Pochoy Labog on vocals, Bryan Makasiar on drums, Kelley Mangahas on bass, and Boogie Romero on guitar.
The band's name literally translates as "License to Speak", which can be aptly associated with the Philosophy cum socio-political tone evident in their songs. The band's influences include Rage Against the Machine, Lauryn Hill, the Roots, Public Enemy, Incubus among many others, with RATM being their strongest influence of all.
In 2003, they released a 5-song Extended play which consisted of their original songs "Burning Streets of Love and Hate", "Criminal", "Smoke Under the Table", "Falling Earth" and "Undiscarded". Two years later, the band released their first album Paghilom under Warner Music Philippines on September 21, 2005. It consisted of ten tracks with lyrics that explicitly address the Filipino youth with issues of socio-political concern. Their carrier single from this album, "Ang Ating Araw" was the most played song on NU 107 for the year 2005. On April 9, 2021, the band released their second album Pagbigkas as a digital release and a Limited Edition and numbered pressing vinyl of the album was released on May 25, 2022.
The band was also nominated for the Rising Sun award.
Dicta License also collaborated with Urbandub to do the theme song for the 2006 MTV Music Summit for HIV/AIDS, which was held December 2006 at The Fort Open Grounds.
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